From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Page 516
 
JOHN ALLEN FARNUM, son of Jonathan FARNUM (born 1760) and Lettice KELLEY, was 
born in 1797; married Chloe BENNETT; was at Hudson in 1842; died in north 
Geneva, September 23, 1858.  Chloe was born in 1808; died March 3, 1860.  Their 
children, born between 1826 and 1843, were Ethan B. (married Hannah M. ROUSE); 
Alonzo L. (married Nancy DEAN); Edgar J.; Samantha B.; Ezra C. (killed at Port 
Hudson); Lucy A.; Mary E.
 
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